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China criticises US report on religious freedom

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Washington: China has criticised the US government's report
on international religious freedom, calling it "a notorious practice of
blatantly interfering in the internal affairs of other countries".

The US government Monday released the 2011 Report on
International Religious Freedom, "continuing a notorious practice of
blatantly interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, including
China, in the name of religion", said a commentary in Xinhua news agency.

"Contrary to the US report's claims that 'increased
restrictions on religious freedom' led to at least 12 self-immolations by
Tibetans in 2011, these incidents were in fact politically-motivated, as they
were part of the Dalai Lama clique's scheme to internationalize the Tibet
issue," it added.

Without providing factual proof, it alleged that the
situation of religious freedom "deteriorated" in 2011 in countries,
including China, Eritrea, Iran and Pakistan, the commentary said.

Xinhua said that the annual report is "nothing but a
political tool used by the US government to exert pressure on other countries,
mostly deemed as its rivals".

"The US practice of releasing such a report, which is
full of prejudice, arrogance and ignorance, is unimaginative and even
counterproductive.

"The US action will only backfire by creating more
suspicion and distrust rather than fostering mutual understanding and improving
relations with other countries. In fact, the report has been repeatedly
rejected and condemned by countries that Washington has accused year after
year," it added.

It described China as as a multi-religious country where
religious freedom is fully protected under the Constitution and state laws.

The commentary stressed that for the past decades,
"China has already made great strides in consolidating the rule of law to
ensure the protection of religious freedom so that all practitioners of lawful
religions can practice their faith freely."

"In today's China, no one will be persecuted just
because he or she is affiliated with any of the lawful religions".

It pointed out that "only a few members from banned
cults and illegal extremist religious organisations, which engage in illegal or
splittist activities under the guise of seeking religious freedom, have been
punished in China strictly according to the laws".

Xinhua said that China has "every right to maintain its
social stability and territorial integrity by cracking down on religious
extremism, splittism and terrorism which advocate violence in the name of
seeking religious freedom and human rights".